Welcome to The Art of Living Counseling Center
The Art of Living Counseling Center is a group of clinicians focused on creating therapeutic environments where clients are invited deeper into their personal story for purposes of healing and empowerment.
We believe life is best understood as an Art Form rather than a series of accomplishments. Consequently, we focus on the craft of becoming a better human. We call this craft; The Art of Living. We use the dynamic metaphor of Story to help guide and organize the therapeutic process for individuals, couples and families.
Using this narrative approach, clients come to understand that they were given powerful stories that shaped and guided their development as a person. And that ultimately they get to choose what narratives to keep and which ones they want to edit or discard. The better you know your story, the more you can step into the fullness of who you are becoming.
We believe life is best understood as an Art Form rather than a series of accomplishments. Consequently, we focus on the craft of becoming a better human. We call this craft; The Art of Living. We use the dynamic metaphor of Story to help guide and organize the therapeutic process for individuals, couples and families.
Using this narrative approach, clients come to understand that they were given powerful stories that shaped and guided their development as a person. And that ultimately they get to choose what narratives to keep and which ones they want to edit or discard. The better you know your story, the more you can step into the fullness of who you are becoming.
Services We Offer:
- Individual Counseling
- Family Counseling
- Marital Counseling
- Group Therapy
- Workshops
- EMDR
- Speaking
- Retreats
- Family Consulting
- Business Relational Consulting
- Professional Consulting & Supervision
Look At The New Groups we are Offering!
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
- Soren Kierkegaard
At The Art of Living Counseling Center we believe this quote conveys an important truth about therapy: How we are moving forward in our life today is strongly influenced by our past experiences. Simply put, our past has shaped us into the people we are today. Since this is the case, it is critical to understand our past experiences so we can live a more informed present and future. But there has to be a balance. At The Art of Living Counseling Center, we honor both your past experiences and your current life circumstances. If we focus only on understanding the past without respecting that you have a life to live and relationships to work on today, we run the risk of making therapy impractical and counseling can bog down. However if we ignore the past and don't seek to understand what has made you, You; then we run the risk of offering a "one-size fits all solution" that won't have much power to help you long term. We have your long term emotional health in mind and because we do, we are focused on helping you better understand the forces that shaped and formed You and how those past experiences are impacting your relationships and decisions today. We are committed to helping you understand, You, so you can go forward into your life better prepared to navigate all the complexities of life and relationships.
"It's not the load that breaks you down. It's the way you carry it." - C. S. Lewis
We love this quote because it asks us to redirect our focus from the circumstances we find ourselves in: marital struggle, family crisis, parenting issue, loss, addiction, spiritual crisis, and instead pay attention to HOW we are engaging our circumstances. The truth is, life is hard and none of us escapes life's troubles. At The Art of Living Counseling Center we want to help you pay attention to the How's: how you carry your burdens, how you are engaging your circumstances, and how you are currently interacting with the burdens life throws your way. Looking at the why is also important and necessary work; however, it really is in looking at the How that we begin to see a way through our circumstances and create movement for ourselves in the midst of a life burden. So, HOW, are you navigating your relationship struggles? HOW, are you engaging a loss? HOW are you relating to that difficult situation? If your answer is "not well" or you are having trouble identifiying HOW, you are engaging your current circumstances, consider giving us a call so we can work together to identify and shift how you carry the burdens of life.